#32
Swinemnde, November 28th, 1886

Dear Sister-in-law Amalie!
Your dear letter of October 28th found us, through the help of God, all in good health, and it is a comforting notion to me to, Thank God! be able to communicate our present complete well-being to you. We are quite cordially sorry to hear that you, as well as Ferdinand, cannot enjoy this great benefit just now; may the Almighty stand by your side during this ordeal and restore you to lasting health quickly, and, once in its possession, may preserve it for a long time. This is the cordial wish of my wife an myself.
Unfortunately, my dear Sister-in-law, I had no luck in sending your letter to the siblings, with the exception of sister Julie [Sikulz], in that they claimed to have too much to do with themselves. Sister-in-law Emmi did not receive the letter, since I choose to have no contact with her, and neither do the other siblings, not even brother Theodor in Stettin. It would therefore be advisable to write to her directly.
The monetary situation has taken a turn to the worse here as well, after I sold my apothecary. I live off the interest, and the interest rate has gone down tremendously, I can't earn anything anymore and therefore have to watch out for myself as well.
Together with this letter, I have now sent by postal money order to your address the 10 Thaler I received from Sister Julie for you, and the 10 Thalers from me for Christmas, to which I am adding another five Thalers this time, for a grand total of twenty-five Thalers, which you will kindly accept, I hope you will receive them in good order.

As far as I know, there are no other news from the other siblings. While my wife and I greet you and Ferdinand and all your loved ones cordially, and wish you the best of health once more, I remain

Your loyal brother and brother-in-law,

G. Friederici.

Swinemnde, March 12, 1887
My dear Sister-in-Law!
As you can see from the enclosed Address, I had sent the above letter, together with a postal money order for twenty-five thalers to your address. Unfortunately, the same was returned to me today as undeliverable, because I made a mistake in that I addressed it John's Street No. 177 instead of No. 117.

I now ask if you, assuming I addressed the postal money order correctly, have recieved the requested funds in good order? If this should not be the case, and the letter has not been sent back yet, you might be able to identify yourself with this letter as the correct recipient. I ask that you write me what the situation is immediately, so that I can place a stop payment on it, if necessary.

Other than that, nothing else has happened. Forgive my mistake.
While my dear wife and I once more greet your cordially, I remain as above

Your loyal brother-in-law
G. Friederici.